Startup Grants & Funding for Agriculture & Allied Startups

This scheme provides non-repayable financial assistance for tools and equipment to handicraft artisans and self-employed individuals from SC/ST/OBC/EWS communities in Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.

Arunachal Pradesh reimburses the cost of shipping export samples to overseas buyers, up to Rs 50,000 per enterprise per year for two years.

Goa-certified startups can be reimbursed 50% of trademark registration costs for company name and logo, up to ₹25,000.

Puducherry scheme reimbursing 50% of energy/water audit fees up to ₹25,000 for industrial units achieving at least 10% savings.

Tamil Nadu manufacturing MSMEs get a 50% subsidy, up to ₹25,000, on the cost of Trade Mark or Geographical Indications (GI) registration in India or abroad.

Punjab reimburses 50% of the cost of onboarding onto an approved e-commerce platform, up to ₹25,000, for the first 1,000 MSME units.

The Goa State Innovation Council (GSInC) gives grant-in-aid of up to ₹20,000 to prototype technology-based products registered under the Virtual Innovation Register (VIR).

The Jeevanam scheme by the Government of Kerala offers one-time financial assistance of ₹20,000 for self-employment to crime victims or their dependents who are struggling to make a living.

Registered construction workers in Delhi can borrow up to ₹20,000 from the Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board to buy work tools, repayable in up to 60 installments.

Tamil Nadu loan of up to ₹20,000 at 12% interest for working women, given through District Central Cooperative Banks and their branches.

Reimbursement of 80% or up to ₹20,000 of the annual membership fee for Export Promotion Councils (EPC) for SC/ST-owned MSEs.

This scheme by the Government of Gujarat provides a 65% subsidy for Amber Charkhas and looms to registered Khadi spinners and weavers to modernize production and enhance productivity.

This scheme provides financial support to farmers in Tamil Nadu for poultry and cattle development through loans up to ₹17,000 at interest rates between 14.5% to 16.5%.

For new services-sector industries: one-time refund of training costs for local skilled and semi-skilled staff, up to ₹15,000 per person.

PMMSY support of ₹8,000–12,000 per unit for mussel, clam and pearl oyster cultivation.

For new industries: one-time refund of training costs for local skilled and semi-skilled staff, up to ₹15,000 per person, for five years.

One-time grant of ₹10,000 from the Government of Rajasthan to Gadia Lohar community members, to buy raw materials for their business.

A one-time reimbursement of training expenses for skilled and semi-skilled employees of new industries in Chhattisgarh under the Industrial Development Policy 2024-30.

Meghalaya Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board gives registered construction workers a one-time loan of up to ₹10,000 for tools, repayable in up to 60 installments.

Rural street vendors and small traders in Madhya Pradesh can get an interest-free working capital loan of up to ₹10,000 through banks, plus entrepreneurship training.

Goa State Innovation Council pays up to INR 10,000 of provisional patent filing fees for innovators, students and startups registered under its Virtual Innovation Register (VIR).

LIDCOM, Maharashtra gives members of the Scheduled Caste Charmakar community a 50% subsidy, capped at ₹10,000, on business loans of up to ₹50,000.